Fairtrade Gold
Fairtrade Gold is transforming the UK jewellery industry by offering a transparent, ethical option for sourcing precious metals. Certified to strict Fairtrade standards, it ensures fair wages, safe working conditions, and environmental protection for artisanal and small-scale miners. For jewellers, designers, and suppliers, Fairtrade Gold aligns with growing consumer demand for responsible luxury. Jewellery Focus provides in-depth coverage of Fairtrade Gold initiatives, certification processes, brand adoption, market trends, and the business case for ethical sourcing within the trade.
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Nov- 2019 -14 NovemberDesigners
Lebrusan Studio to offer recycled diamonds across its collections
Sustainable jewellery brand Lebrusan Studio has announced it will now offer recycled diamonds across its collections. The ethical jewellers said the offering forms “a conscious movement” towards greater use of recycled materials, as well as an “overall realignment and focusing” of their brand. The vintage diamonds will date back more…
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Sep- 2019 -6 SeptemberTrade Organisations
NAJ launches new initiative to promote UK jewellery
The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) has launched its “long-awaited” campaign to promote jewellery and allied products made in the UK. The scheme entitled ‘Created in the UK’ champions British manufacturing, and is designed for both suppliers and retailers, whether NAJ members or not. Launched at the International Jewellery London…
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Aug- 2019 -20 AugustRetailers
EC One becomes B-Corp certified
London based jewellery boutique EC One has become the second jeweller in the UK to become B-Corporation Certified. The accreditation process to become a B-Corp involves an in-depth analysis of the business’ entire social and environmental performance, to assess its impact on its workers, community, environment and customers. Other well-known…
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Feb- 2019 -15 FebruaryRetailers
Fairtrade Gold to debut at LFW 2019
Four certified Fairtrade Gold jewellers will come together to exhibit their Fairtrade Gold ‘showstopper pieces’ at London Fashion Week 2019, for the first time. On 18-19 February, industry experts, celebrities and the public will be able to see examples of ethical jewellery from Natalie Perry, Rock Hound, Ute Decker and…
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Jan- 2019 -28 JanuaryVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – Ingle & Rhode
Tell me a bit about the history of Ingle & Rhode? Ingle & Rhode began with my own hunt for an ethically sourced engagement ring back in 2006. I was unable to find a jeweller who could tell me where their diamonds had come from or the conditions under which…
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Dec- 2018 -17 DecemberUncategorized
Three-Minute Interview: Cred Jewellery
Describe yourself in three words? Determined, troublemaker who loves his family. When you were at school, what did you want to be and why? I wanted to be the biggest flower grower in the UK, following in my fathers footsteps. How did you get to be where you are today?…
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Nov- 2018 -21 NovemberDesigners
EC One partners with Natalie Perry Jewellery
Ethical jewellery designer, Natalie Perry, has partnered with jewellery boutique, EC One – the designer’s first bricks and mortar stockist in London. The boutique, based in London’s iconic Exmouth Market, has a collection of 12 pieces from the Floral Fragments range in both 9ct and 18ct fairtrade gold, which includes…
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14 NovemberVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery
Give us some background about Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery began in 1998, but moved into its first studio in the North Hertfordshire village of Weston in 2000. In 2004, after a period of growth, the company moved into its newly converted Tudor barn in Halls Green,…
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Oct- 2018 -1 OctoberFeatures
Q&A with Greg Valerio
Tell us a bit about yourself and how you got into the jewellery industry I got into the jewellery trade by accident, I was running my own charity and I really became very convinced that actually the solution to global poverty is trade, not aid. That’s why I formed a…
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Sep- 2018 -26 SeptemberFeatures
When will the jewellery industry catch up?
With the majority of the industry using materials from unknown supply chains that are produced in appalling standards, European legislation is around the corner that will have a similar affect to Dodd Franks in the USA. Large organisations will have to demonstrate where they sourced their materials with an audit…
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